Creative Quotations from M. F. K. Fisher (1908-1992)

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M. F. K. Fisher
(1908-1992) born on Jul 03

US culinary expert, author. She was best known for her writings on basic human needs, especially food: "The Art of Eating," 1954.

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In America we eat, collectively, with a glum urge for food to fill us. We are ignorant of flavour. We are as a nation taste-blind.

Probably one of the most private things in the world is an egg until it is broken.

Wine and cheese are ageless companions, like aspirin and aches, or June and moon, or good people and noble ventures . . .

Dictionaries are always fun, but not always reassuring.

Sharing food with another human being is an intimate act that should not be indulged in lightly.

Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F:	"Serve it Forth," ch. 13, 1937.
R:	In "Words of Women Quotations for Success," by Power Dynamics Publishing, 1997.
A:	Introduction to "Wine and Cheese," by Marylou Scavarda and Kate Sater, 1981.
N:	"Dubious Honors," part 2, 1988.
K:	"An Alphabet for Gourmets," "A Is for Dining Alone," 1949.